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Makes 🢒 Cadillac 🢒 2001 🢒 Catera 🢒 Body and Accessories 🢒 Data Link Communications 🢒 DTC U1000 and U1255

Circuit Description

Modules connected to the class 2 serial data circuit monitor for serial data communications during normal vehicle operation. Operating information and commands are exchanged among the modules. When a module receives a message for a critical operating parameter, the module records the identification number of the module which sent the message for State of Health monitoring. A critical operating parameter is one which, when not received, requires that the module use a default value for that parameter. When a module does not associate an identification number with at least one critical parameter within about 5 seconds of beginning serial data communication, DTC U1255 is set. When more than one critical parameter does not have an identification number associated with it, the DTC1255 will only be reported once.

Conditions for Running the DTC
    • Voltage supplied to the module is in the normal operating voltage range (approximately 9 to 16 volts).
    • Diagnostic trouble codes U1300 and U1301 do not have a current status.
    • Module operation requires serial data communication to occur.

Conditions for Setting the DTC

At least one critical operating parameter has not been associated with an identification number within approximately 5 seconds after beginning serial data communication.

Action Taken When the DTC Sets

The module uses a default value for the missing parameter.

Conditions for Clearing the DTC
    • A current DTC U1255 will clear when all of the critical operating parameters for the module have been associated with an identification number or when the current ignition cycle ends.
    • A history DTC U1255 will clear upon executing 100 ignition RUN cycles with no recurrence of the malfunction.

Diagnostic Aids

When a malfunction (such as an open fuse to a module) occurs while modules are communicating, a Lost Communication DTC is set as a current DTC. When the modules stop communicating (ignition is turned OFF) the current Lost Communication DTC is cleared but the history DTC remains. When the modules begin to communicate again, the module with the open fuse will not be learned by the other modules so DTC U1255 is set current by the other modules. If the malfunction occurs when the modules are not communicating, only DTC U1255 is set.

Test Description

The number(s) below refer to the step number(s) on the diagnostic table.

  1. A Lost Communication with XXX DTC with a history status may indicate the cause of U1255.

    2.

  2. The module(s) which is not communicating is the likely cause of U1255 being set. The following modules communicate on the class 2 serial data circuit:

    3. • Body Control Module (BCM)
    • Integrated Radio Chassis (IRC)
    • Radio Interface Module (RIM)
    • Cellular Telephone
    • OnStar® VIU (w/W8Y).

  3. The module which was not communicating may have set Lost Communication with XXX DTCs for those modules that it was monitoring.

    4.

  4. The module which was not communicating may have set Lost Communication with XXX DTCs for those modules that it was monitoring.

    5.

  5. The module which was not communicating may have set Lost Communication with XXX DTCs for those modules that it was monitoring.

    6.

  6. The modules which can communicate indicate the module which cannot communicate. You must clear the DTC from these modules to avoid future misdiagnosis.

    7.

  7. If all modules are communicating, the module which set U1255 may have done so due to some other condition.

    8.

  8. In some instances when a current U1255 is set and cannot be cleared using the scan tool, fuse V1 needs to removed in order to clear this DTC.

Step

Action

Yes

No

1

Did you record any DTCs in the range of U1001-U1254 with a history status?

Go to DTC U1001-U1254

Go to Step 2

2

  1. Turn ON the ignition with the engine OFF.
  2. Attempt to communicate with each module on the class 2 serial data circuit. (If using a Tech 2, obtain this information using the class 2 Message Monitor feature.)
  3. Record all of the modules communicating on the Class 2 serial data circuit.
  4. Compare the list of modules which are communicating to the list given.

Does any module(s) on the class 2 serial data circuit not communicate?

Go to Step 3

Go to Step 13

3

Test the battery positive voltage circuit(s) and the ignition positive voltage circuit(s) of the module that is not communicating for an open or a short to ground. Refer to the applicable schematic. Refer to Circuit Testing and Wiring Repairs in Wiring Systems.

Did you find and correct the condition?

Go to Step 9

Go to Step 4

4
  1. Turn OFF the ignition.
  2. Test the ground circuit(s) of the module that is not communicating for an open. Refer to the applicable schematic. Refer to Circuit Testing and Wiring Repairs in Wiring Systems.

Did you find and correct the condition?

Go to Step 9

Go to Step 5

5

Inspect for poor connections at splice S209 and connector C200A terminal 36. Refer to Testing for Intermittent Conditions and Poor Connections and Connector Repairs in Wiring Systems.

Did you find and correct the condition?

Go to Step 9

Go to Step 6

6

Test the class 2 serial data circuit of the module that is not communicating for an open. Refer to Circuit Testing and Wiring Repairs in Wiring Systems.

Did you find and correct the condition?

Go to Step 9

Go to Step 7

7

Inspect for poor connections at the battery positive voltage circuit(s), the ignition positive voltage circuit(s), the ground circuit(s), and the class 2 serial data circuit of the module that is not communicating. Refer to Testing for Intermittent Conditions and Poor Connections and Connector Repairs in Wiring Systems.

Did you find and correct the condition?

Go to Step 9

Go to Step 8

8

Replace the module which is not communicating. Refer to Control Module References in Body Control System.

Did you complete the replacement?

Go to Step 11

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9
  1. Install a scan tool.
  2. Turn ON the ignition with the engine OFF.
  3. Select the Display DTCs function for the module which was not communicating.

Does the scan tool display any DTCs which do not begin with a U?

Go to the applicable Diagnostic System Check. Refer to Control Module References in Body Control System

Go to Step 10

10

Use the scan tool in order to clear the DTCs.

Did you complete the action?

Go to Step 11

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11

Select the Display DTCs function for the module(s) which had U1000 set as a current DTC.

Does the scan tool display DTCs which do not begin with a U?

Go to the applicable Diagnostic System Check. Refer to Control Module References in Body Control System

Go to Step 12

12

Use the scan tool in order to clear the DTCs.

Did you complete the action?

System OK

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13

Did you record any other DTCs for the module(s) which had U1255 set as a current DTC?

Go to the applicable Diagnostic System Check. Refer to Control Module References in Body Control System

Go to Step 14

14
  1. Install a scan tool.
  2. Turn ON the ignition with the engine OFF.
  3. Use the scan tool in order to clear the DTCs.
  4. Turn OFF the ignition for at least 5 seconds.
  5. Turn ON the ignition leaving the engine OFF.
  6. Select the Display DTCs function.

Does the scan tool display U1255 set as a current DTC?

Go to Step 15

Go to Diagnostic Aids

15

  1. Turn OFF the ignition.
  2. Remove fuse V1 from the power distribution fuse block for at least 5 seconds.
  3. Reinstall fuse V1.
  4. Install a scan tool.
  5. Turn ON the ignition with the engine OFF.
  6. Select the Display DTCs function.

Does the scan tool display U1255 set as a current DTC?

Go to Step 16

System OK

16

Replace the module which had U1255 set as a current DTC. Refer to the appropriate repair instructions.

Did you complete the replacement?

System OK

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